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'The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies' Review: Give Me Back My Precious (Time)http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-review/
http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-review/#commentsThu, 11 Dec 2014 15:32:25 +0000http://screencrush.com/?p=220011Continue reading…]]>Having gone on an unexpected journey and endured the desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson’s bloated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ finally comes to ‘The Battle of the Five Armies,’ which is less of a climax to this trilogy than a distended epilogue. After spending two movies and 330 minutes building up the dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) as the ultimate antagonist, he’s eliminated from the story completely in the first ten minutes. He’s literally gone before the title appears onscreen.

]]>http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-review/feed/0Warner Bros.'The Hobbit 3′ Trailer: 'The Battle of the Five Armies' Begins!http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-3-trailer/
http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-3-trailer/#commentsMon, 28 Jul 2014 18:55:22 +0000http://screencrush.com/?p=198841Continue reading…]]>With the arrival of the 'Hobbit 3' trailer, it's finally starting to sink in that our time in Middle Earth is coming to an epic finish. What began with 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' 13 years ago will officially end this December...

]]>http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-3-trailer/feed/0Warner Bros.How'd They Do That? A Brief Visual History of Motion-Capture Performance on Filmhttp://b985.fm/motion-capture-movies/
http://b985.fm/motion-capture-movies/#commentsMon, 14 Jul 2014 19:31:30 +0000http://screencrush.com/?p=195155Continue reading…]]>With 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' now in theaters, marking a high point for this art form, we take a look back at some of the most incredible instances of motion-capture performances, and see how this art form has evolved.

]]>http://b985.fm/motion-capture-movies/feed/020th Century Fox'The Hobbit 3′ Has Been Retitled 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies/
http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies/#commentsThu, 24 Apr 2014 14:56:56 +0000http://screencrush.com/?p=182940Continue reading…]]>We heard the rumors that the third of Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' trilogy would be undergoing a title change and today, it came to pass. What was once 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again' is now 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.' What was once pleasant and sentimental is now battle-hardened and filled with promises of action. Take from that change what you will.

]]>http://b985.fm/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies/feed/0Maine Native Eric Saindon Earns His Second Oscar Nominationhttp://b985.fm/maine-native-eric-saindon-earns-his-second-oscar-nomination/
http://b985.fm/maine-native-eric-saindon-earns-his-second-oscar-nomination/#commentsThu, 16 Jan 2014 16:03:06 +0000http://b985.fm/?p=127284Continue reading…]]>Maine native Eric Saindon has earned his second Oscar nomination in the past two years. The nominations were announced earlier today. Saindon is nominated for visual effects supervisor for the movie, 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.'